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| Fog – What A Day Day Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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he's making fun of the hypocrisy of the corny suburban 50's-sitcom 9-5 world he's in, imagining Hitler to be marching the down the streets of his neighborhood. |
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| Fog – 10th Avenue Freakout Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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i see this as being about the restlessness and paranoia of modern life as observed by a person who feels really out of step with the rest of the world (which is the theme of most of 10th Avenue Freakout). particularly the apocalyptic imagery in the chorus, where the sounds of the cars going overpass seem soothing, but actually seem to be shaking the building. it seems to be suggesting that there will be a point some time soon where our way of life causes the cities to topple over. |
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| Fog – Under A Anvil Tree Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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great song! love the phone call at the beginning.
i think Broder is a very under-rated lyricist for how he masks very sad themes in cartoony imagery. in this song, it's like absurdist way of looking at his depression and feelings of isolation from other people. he feels teased by people he knows for being so gloomy all the time ("They call me Mr. It's A Big Deal"). he also feels really anxious, like something bad is about to happen to him ("sitting under an anvil tree waiting for an anvil to fall"), and like he's floating through the world completely under the control of some other force ("clothes in a dryer, leaves in the breeze").
the line "One day a dump trunk will dump two tons of kittens on me" could either be interpreted as hopeful, like one day he'll be able to appreciate happier things - or it could be seen as him feeling like he's being crushed under the weight of the saccharine image of happiness the rest of the world seems to project. like it completely covers his own existence, and his depression. |
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